E-RIHS’ vision is to become a European research infrastructure that provides state-of-the-art tools and services. This will be managed by cross-disciplinary groups of researchers for cross-disciplinary users and scientific communities working to advance knowledge about heritage and to devise innovative strategies for its preservation and presentation. Such a unique vision demands also a detailed and result-oriented training strategy.

The purpose of the E-RIHS Education and Training Strategy is to set out skills development priorities, key areas of training and delivery channels as well as ensure optimum use of available resources for training and strengthen capacity of those who use and manage the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science, including access providers, researchers and postgraduate students. The approach has been separated into several objectives, which provide a formalised approach to training provisions. The report was synthesised by conducting several desk-based reviews. Its overall motivation is to ensure that future training is purposeful and directly relevant to application within the research infrastructure.

The objectives are to:

• Establish a skills and competencies profile for access providers and managers;
• Assess the current provision of training resources for access providers and managers;
• Develop the training offer for access providers and managers that provides a targeted approach to training, addressing areas where there is the most need first and considering how to meet accessibility aims;
• Propose a direction for the provision of infrastructure for continuous skills development of Heritage Scientists working with RIs;
• Suggest approaches for high quality communications and engagement to build a strong Heritage Science training community and wider network;
• Describe how interactions with Higher Education might be managed to provide support for Heritage Science students and ensure long-term sustainability of E-RIHS.